average out phrasal verb (
see also average)
1. if something averages out at a particular figure, it has that figure as an average over a period of time
average out at
Training costs for last year averaged out at £5,100 per trainee. The government’s share of the cost was intended to average out at 25%.2. average something ↔ out to calculate the average of something:
I averaged out the total increase at about 10%. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲